Trace Adkins - Just Fishin'

Tomorrow is Father's Day.  One of my clearest memories of Dad is him telling me that there was much about him that I would never understand until I had kids of my own.  That's some deep truth, right there.

Country music still has a lot of songs about family, and the old saying applies: all you need is three chords and the truth.  This song brings the truth about fathers - at least as we would like to be.  I watch this and think about all the times I had with my kids when they thought we were just doing whatever.  They may not remember the birthday party with a bunch of six year olds doing the Y-M-C-A dance at the Cosmic Bowl, but I do.

And I realize that I look back through the glass darkly at the times that I spent with my Dad, thinking that we were just doing whatever.  I don't remember the ones that I should, the way I should, and he's been gone these ten years so I can't ask him.  No matter.  I understand Dad now and know what he felt at the time.  You see, I've been there too.

Happy Father's Day to all Dads.  If you are fortunate enough to be a Dad with young kids, seize the day.  Even if they think you're just fishing.

Just Fishin' (Songwriters: Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, and Ed Hill)

I’m lost in her there holdin’ that pink rod and reel
She’s doin’ almost everything but sittin’ still
Talkin’ ‘bout her ballet shoes and training wheels
And her kittens
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

I say, “Daddy loves you, baby” one more time
She says, “I know. I think I got a bite.” 
And all this laughin’, cryin, smilin’ dyin’ here inside’s
What I call, livin’

And she thinks we’re just fishin’ on the riverside
Throwin’ back what we could fry
Drownin’ worms and killin’ time
Nothin’ too ambitious
She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

She’s already pretty, like her mama is
Gonna drive the boys all crazy
Give her daddy fits
And I better do this every chance I get
‘Cause time is tickin’
(Yeah it is)

And she thinks we’re just fishin’ on the riverside
Throwin’ back what we could fry
Drownin’ worms and killin’ time
Nothin’ too ambitious
She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’
Yeah, aww, she thinks we’re just fishin’
We ain’t only fishin’
(This ain’t about fishin’)

The young lady in the video is Adkins' youngest daughter, Trinity.